Freddy Hodges was born April 29, 1990 in Nashville and raised partially in Memphis before moving to Des Moines, Iowa where he spent much of his upbringing, going to school at the historic Theodore Roosevelt High, ground zero for the Tinker v. Des Moines Public Schools case which, essentially, established that high school students, as American citizens, have and do not give up their first amendment right upon entering the establishment of a school.
He moved back to Memphis in 2009 and began school at Southwest Tennessee Community College from which he transferred to the University of Memphis. His talents include poetry, lyrical writing, dance, reporting and even editing, the last two of which he chose to hone, academically, upon entering the university. The journalism major is currently a reporter and copy editor for the Daily Helmsman, school newspaper of the University of Memphis.
Hodges’ hobbies include gaming, watching anime, film, recreational marijuana, rugby and snowboarding. He enjoys few televised programs comparatively, but does from time to time watch cartoons like Adventure Time and Regular Show, as well as the gauntlet of “90’s Nick.” His comedic viewership consists mostly of Workaholics, Always Sunny, and The Daily Show, but neither these shows nor the aforementioned cartoons capture his attention often. Truthfully, many of the televised programs he was interested in have gone off-air (Weeds, Scrubs and Entourage), or he’s simply lost interest. Usually, Hodges can be found in front of a computer scouring the interwebs for information, doing homework and loitering on social networking sites, all while listening to music.
Hodges’ musical interests run deep. Having dabbled himself in jazz, classical, pop, blues, R&B, hip-hop and rock n’ roll, he tends to dash from one genre to the next, but usually settling on the last. Since his early childhood in Memphis Hodges has been involved with music, having sang with the Dunn Avenue Boys Choir, with whom he traveled to Washington D.C. to sing the Nutcracker for a production. Upon first moving to Iowa he found himself in Bettendorf, where he was asked to sing the Star-Spangled Banner for the school’s first, and only, pep rally. Hodges spent only a year there before his mother was transferred to Des Moines where he picked up the viola for two years, failing abhorrently at it, but partially because, a year after beginning, he picked up the trumpet, which he was better at. Still the endeavor only lasted until the end of middle school, an endeavor interrupted yet again by the boy’s new-found love of show choir, which he began in the seventh grade. Show choir he continued throughout his high school career at Roosevelt, an endeavor which likely played a role in him earning the title of Most Likely to Become an American Idol from his 2008 graduating class. Shortly after moving to Memphis Hodges hooked up with a childhood friend to form the local band Impeccable Miscreants which has now been together three years, and recorded, most notably, at Memphis’ Sun Studio and Sam Phillips Studio, and has even been a studio backing band for the 2011 X-Factor favorite, Skyelor Anderson.
He moved back to Memphis in 2009 and began school at Southwest Tennessee Community College from which he transferred to the University of Memphis. His talents include poetry, lyrical writing, dance, reporting and even editing, the last two of which he chose to hone, academically, upon entering the university. The journalism major is currently a reporter and copy editor for the Daily Helmsman, school newspaper of the University of Memphis.
Hodges’ hobbies include gaming, watching anime, film, recreational marijuana, rugby and snowboarding. He enjoys few televised programs comparatively, but does from time to time watch cartoons like Adventure Time and Regular Show, as well as the gauntlet of “90’s Nick.” His comedic viewership consists mostly of Workaholics, Always Sunny, and The Daily Show, but neither these shows nor the aforementioned cartoons capture his attention often. Truthfully, many of the televised programs he was interested in have gone off-air (Weeds, Scrubs and Entourage), or he’s simply lost interest. Usually, Hodges can be found in front of a computer scouring the interwebs for information, doing homework and loitering on social networking sites, all while listening to music.
Hodges’ musical interests run deep. Having dabbled himself in jazz, classical, pop, blues, R&B, hip-hop and rock n’ roll, he tends to dash from one genre to the next, but usually settling on the last. Since his early childhood in Memphis Hodges has been involved with music, having sang with the Dunn Avenue Boys Choir, with whom he traveled to Washington D.C. to sing the Nutcracker for a production. Upon first moving to Iowa he found himself in Bettendorf, where he was asked to sing the Star-Spangled Banner for the school’s first, and only, pep rally. Hodges spent only a year there before his mother was transferred to Des Moines where he picked up the viola for two years, failing abhorrently at it, but partially because, a year after beginning, he picked up the trumpet, which he was better at. Still the endeavor only lasted until the end of middle school, an endeavor interrupted yet again by the boy’s new-found love of show choir, which he began in the seventh grade. Show choir he continued throughout his high school career at Roosevelt, an endeavor which likely played a role in him earning the title of Most Likely to Become an American Idol from his 2008 graduating class. Shortly after moving to Memphis Hodges hooked up with a childhood friend to form the local band Impeccable Miscreants which has now been together three years, and recorded, most notably, at Memphis’ Sun Studio and Sam Phillips Studio, and has even been a studio backing band for the 2011 X-Factor favorite, Skyelor Anderson.